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Trustrim Connell

TAPS

Fading light dims the sight,
And a star gems the sky,
Gleaming bright.
From afar drawing nigh,
Falls the night.

Day is done, gone the sun,
From the lake, From the hills,
From the sky.
All is well, safely rest,
God is nigh.

Then good night, Peaceful night,
Till the light of the dawn
Shineth bright,
God is near, do not fear,
Friend, good night.

Rosedale
Memorial Park

Born:May 12, 1844
at Lancaster, PA

Entered
Service in the US Army from Port Kennedy,
PA

Earned The Medal of Honor During the Civil War For heroism April
06, 1865 at Deatonsville
(Sailor's Creek), VA

Died:February
17, 1937 at
the age of 92

Sixty Medals
of Honor were awarded for actions at Deatonsville (Sailor's
Creek), Virginia, during the period March 29 to April 6, 1865.
Fifty-seven awards were presented for actions on April 6 alone,
forty-seven of them for the capture of flags of the Confederate
Army. On that day Corporal Trustrim Connell was one of those men
so honored, for his capture of a flag of the Confederate Army.